The educated mind
by Kieran Egan · first published 1997
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The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"—such as language or literacy—that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn.
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…Ironic understanding brings self-reflection, and so on. One type of understanding is not better/worse than the other, they are important in different ways. For those who are interested, check out "The Educated Mind" by Kiearn Egan. So, us-vs-them comes out of a mythic understanding of the world. The gut reaction is often to reject the source from which the bad behaviour comes from completely. But mythic understanding…
on “Overcoming Us vs. Them” ↗Scott Alexander hosted a book review on this subject recently, “The Educated Mind” by Egan. I’m interested in exploring these ideas too. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-e...
on “How fast should you accelerate your kid in math?” ↗This book review of Kieran Egan‘s Educated Mind: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-book-review-the-educat... I haven’t thought much about education and school, but this got me interested.
on “Ask HN: Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023” ↗